2000 Buick Century

OUR DAUGHTER WAS NEARLY KILLED BY A DRIVER WITH THEIR LIGHTS OFF. MANY DRIVERS OF LATE MODEL CARS ARE NOT AWARE THAT THEIR LIGHTS ARE OFF BECAUSE THEIR DASH IS LIT AND THEIR DRIVING LIGHTS ARE ON. THERE ARE NO ALERTS TELLING PEOPLE THEIR LIGHTS ARE OFF!!!!! OUR SEAT BELTS MAKE NOISE, IF A CAR DOOR IS OPEN IT ALERTS US. I HAVE OBSERVED THAT APPROXIMATELY 10-20% OF CARS ON A STREET OR FREEWAY ARE DRIVING WITH THEIR LIGHTS OFF. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE SOLVED. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE COMPLAINED WITH NO RESULT. IF THERE IS NO ACTION I WILL BE FILING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IN THE NAME OF MY DAUGHTER AGAINST THE NTSB TO DEMAND ACTION. PLEASE RESPOND.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK CENTURY. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING, THE HEADLIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WITHOUT WARNING. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN THE HIGH BEAM SWITCH WAS ACTIVATED, THE CHECK ENGINE, ABS, AND TRACTION CONTROL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

DEFECTIVE ODOMETER READINGS, GEAR INDICATORS DISAPPEARED. THE ODOMETER READING DISAPPEARED, AND THE GEAR INDICATOR DISAPPEARED ON INSTRUMENT CLUSTER. I HAVE NO WAY TO READ MY ODOMETER, NOR DO I KNOW WHAT GEAR I AM IN, PRND21. NOW I CAN ACCIDENTLY BE IN REVERSE AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION, AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS. MECHANIC CHARGES $100.00 TO FIX, AND ALSO STATES THEY CAN INSERT ANY ODOMETER READING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE. THIS SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. I NO LONGER HAVE A VALID ODOMETER READING FOR MY YEARLY INSPECTIONS, OR IF I WERE TO SELL MY VEHICLE. I COULD DRIVE IN 1ST GEAR AND BURN UP MY TRANSMISSION AND SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSTATE AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OR BE RUN OVER FOR DEAD STOPPED ON ROADS. MY INSTRUMENT PANEL HAS NOT HAD AN ACCURATE FUEL GUAGE READING IN YEARS, IT COMES AND GOES. I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE OUT GAS USAGE BY MILEAGE, NOW THAT IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE. I MUST FILL UP WEEKLY JUST SO I KNOW I WONT RUN OUT OF GAS. THE CAR ONLY HAS 55,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON IT. THIS IS JUST NOT RIGHT. I EXTREMELY UPSET ABOUT THIS AND DONT KNOW HOW TO GET IT FIXED PROPERLY AND COVERED FROM THE DEALERSHIPS. YOU SHOULD HAVE A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON YOUR ODOMETER READING AND KNOWING WHAT GEAR YOU ARE IN. PLEASE ADVISE AND LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU CONCERNING THIS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 BUICK CENTURY. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH, WHICH CONTROLS THE LIGHTS FOR THE VEHICLE, FAILED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.